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Issue: Vol. 5541 No. 4: 28 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5541.4.6
Page range: 539-548
Abstract views: 58
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The first Palearctic species of Discheramocephalus Johnson (Coleoptera, Ptiliidae, Ptiliinae) from Korea with an annotated catalog of the genus Discheramocephalus

Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; Chungbuk National University; Cheongju; Chungbuk Province 28644; Republic of Korea
Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology; Chungbuk National University; Cheongju; Chungbuk Province 28644; Republic of Korea
Coleoptera Discheramocephalini featherwing beetle Korea new species taxonomy

Abstract

Nineteen species of the genus Discheramocephalus Johnson have been identified from the Afrotropical, Australasian, Indomalayan, and Neotropical regions. According to distribution of the previously known species and some undescribed species, Discheramocephalus has been suggested to be a pantropical genus. Herein, the first Palearctic species, Discheramocephalus jaeseoki sp. nov., has been described from the Korean Peninsula. Illustrations of its habitus and diagnostic characters, a distributional map, and an annotated taxonomic catalogue of the genus Discheramocephalus are also provided.

 

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